WTIO22 FMEE 100017

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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VII AND METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 10/01/2018

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 015/2 (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN)



10 MINUTES AVERAGE WIND SPEED IN KNOTS (KT)

(WIND GUSTS AT SEA MAY BE ABOUT 40% STRONGER THAN THE AVERAGED WIND)

MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCAL (HPA)

(INDICATIVE FIGURE).



STORM WARNING

BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: WEDNESDAY 10/01/2018 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION 2  (EX-IRVING)  978 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 25.7 S / 69.2 E

(TWENTY FIVE    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SIXTY NINE    DECIMAL TWO   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH-WEST 20 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 50 NM RADIUS AROUND THE CENTER, EXTENDED TO

200 MN TO SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP TO

60 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 70 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 70 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 100 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 190 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 90

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 140 NM IN THE

NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 250 NM IN THE SOUTHERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2018/01/10 AT 12 UTC:

30.2 S / 67.3 E, MAX WIND = 50 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION

24H, VALID 2018/01/11 AT 00 UTC:

35.8 S / 70.9 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT, POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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